Question

Description acceptable. At the University of Akron, this object is exhibited at the end of a hallway where many visitors will step on only black floor tiles. A book by Gina Perry about the disorganized use of this object describes that 75% of people were not “de-hoaxed” right away. Arnold Buss adapted the design of this object to measure human aggression with a 1-10 scale. Later users of this object were told over a (*) PA that a man had a heart condition. People chosen to (10[1])use this object were subject to verbal prods like “It is absolutely essential that you continue.” Volunteers designated as “teachers” would use this object after a “learner” failed to correctly identify a word pairing, causing the learner to produce a fake scream. For 10 points, name this machine used in an experiment at Yale by Stanley Milgram that supposedly administered a painful punishment. ■END■

ANSWER: Milgram electric shock machine [or shock box; accept Milgram machine before mention; accept Behind the Shock Machine; accept anything indicting the machine that supposedly shocked or electrocuted or similar verbs involving electricity in the Milgram experiment]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ParkClaremontMTSU8510

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2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y1100%0%0%85.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y3100%0%67%90.67
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%83.67